Garment sleeve with detachable and reversible cuff



Nov. 8, 1927.

W M. TISDELL ET AL GARMENT SLEEVE WITH DETACHABLE AND REVERSIBLE CUFF 7 Filed April 8. 1922 WMMZZSUEZL, Adi/ 0,45,

ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 8, 1927.

UNITED STA E WILLIAM M. T'Is-I'JEL'L mp meme s.

1m or 10s memes, CALIFORNIA.

GARMENT SLEEVE WITH DETACHABLE AND REVERSIBLE CUFF.

, Application filed April 8,

This invention relates to a detachable and reversible cufi' for the sleeves of garments, and its principal objects are, to provide, 7

First. A detachable cuff for the ordinary soft shirt usually worn by men, though the invention may be applicable to garments of any kind upon which cuffs are used., v

Second. A detachable cuff which shall have the same appearance,while being worn, as theordinary is integral with th e sleev of the garment. V A fie ll bl ur .iihicli ham l i e, t isembliasth were? 1 oini ze the expense for laundering, by .hav-

ing; eral distinct cufl surfacesadapted for service. V, i g .Fourth. A detachable and reversible cuff adapted to present a clean surface both on the Outside and inside thereof, 'each time the cuff is turned. A H I I Fifth. detachable, .reversible cuff, which may be easily and quickly manipulated.

cuff which shall be economical to .n efi f t a d whi h. s i e t am time, have good wearing qualities and a ul les p n In attaining these objects, we provide each sleeve of the shirt brother garment ,witha wrist band, which may be of considerable width int-he direction of the length ofthe sleeve. The sleeve may bepla'ckete d, and

the wrist band may be provided with a buttonhole near each of its extremities as usual. The cuihinits developed oropenedout form, made preferablyin the shape of a rectangular envelope closed along three edges while the fourth or top edge left open. F or convenience, the term envelope will hereinafter be used ll'ljlfiffglllllg to the cuff in its developed oropened-out form.

The wrist band of the sleeve is adapted for insertion into envelope the openedge of the latter and the dimeusionof the envelope in thedireetion ofthe lengthof thesleeve or from the open. edge to th e opposite closed edge of the envelope, is about was the width of the finished cuff in the direction of the leeve length. U

Thanel pe is adapt d for foldingback upon itself as to bring the lower or close edgea'djac'ent. and into alignment with, the open edge. Four butt'o nholes may bep'rovided in the envelope, and be so located that one pair of buttonholes shall registerwith the buttonholes in the wrist band when the latter is inserted through the open edge, and

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further, so that the second pair of buttonholes shall come into registry with the first mentioned buttonho'les when the cuff folded over upon itself as above explained. 7

Both exterior surfaces of the envelope are intended to present two alternate exterior cuff surfaces to view, either one of the exterior faces of theenvelope being adapted to form, upon the first folding back of the envelope, an exterior cuff surface exposed to geneizaloutside view and an inner cuff surface which comes next the wrist of the wearer. Upo'nthe second folding back of th o w res ti ai the p o t d r ction, the previously exposed surfaces which in the meantime have become soiled, may be f d v en ir u f ht nd tw entirely fresh surfaces be exposed, one surface to the general outside view and the other next the wrist of the wearer as before.

If desired, the envelope may beso made that it can be turned inside out. By having theenvelope lined with the same kind of cloth as is used forthe'outside, thereof, or if the envelope is made of a d0uble;faced th a 1m ns s d eutp the ne a rma en We, c pl e y re ext ior wearing surfaces whichmay be broughtinto use in exactly the same manner as has already been described for the first two surfaces. l I v 1 I In other words, each envelope may have from two to four entirely fresh wearing surfaces, each surface upon becoming s oiled, being turned inwardly, completely hidden from view, with fresh, clean cuff surfaces exposed to theoutside.

WVhile we are aware that detachable cufi's have hitherto been made for one purpose or another, and also, that reversible cuffs are not broadlynew, yet-it has not come toour linowledgethat our method of achieving the desired end has ever been in use before. The features which we belieye to be new, for. the 'protectifon of Letters Patent isdesir'd, are collectively grouped the claims, forming the conclusion of s, p ci cation Inj draw g v. Fig. 1 represents an elevatioiilof the lower part of a garment sleeve and cuff embodying our invention and showing same ready to WO M Fig. 2, a perspective View, showing the cuff in the detached position, ready to receive the wristband of the garment sleeve.

Fig. 3, an elevation of sleeve and cufi envelope before the latter is folded into final wearing position.

Fig. 4, a section taken on line 44, Fig. 3.

Fig. 5, an elevation of the sleeve wristband.

Fig. 6, a section, enlarged, taken on line 66, Fig.1. I

Fig. 7 a section, taken on line 77, Fig. 3.

Throughout the different views, similar parts are designated by similar reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, numeral 26 indicates the representation of part of a shirt sleevemade of a striped material, while 10 illustrates the cuff in the form of a plain envelope having the three closed edges 12, 14 and 15, and the open upper edge 16, Figs. 2, 4 and 6. Buttonholes 17 are worked separately in each of the walls 21 and 24 0f the envelope as indicated in Fig. 7. Buttonholes 18 are similarly worked, as may also be buttonholes 19 and 20. The wristband 25 of the sleeve 26 may be inserted in the upper part of the envelope and the cufi link be passed through the buttonholes 18 of the envelope and through the buttonhole 27 of the wristband 25 as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. In order to finish the attaching of the cuff from this position, the envelope may be folded upwardly around the line 2929 (Fig. 3) asan axis. The folding may be in the direction of eitherthe arrow 42 or the arrow 43 (Fig. 4), depending upon which surface of the cuff is to be exposed to the. outside. The buttonholes 19 thus come into registry with the buttonholes'18 and may be fastened by the cufi link 30. The opposite buttonhole edge of the cuff may then be brought around in the same manner as an ordinary cuff and the link be passed through the buttonholes 17 28 and 20, thus completing the fastening of the cuff and leaving same ready to be worn, as shown in Fig. 1. I n

The wristband 25 is preferably made of considerably greater width at or" near the center 31 than at the edges 32 and 34, the purpose of this being to afford a greater frictional surface between the inside of the cuff and the wristband. If found desirable, an extra piece (Fig. 5) of coarse cloth forming a light pad, may be sewed to the outside of the wristband in order to provide a still greater frictional contact. This frictional contact between the inside surface of the cuff and the outside surface of the wristband is largely depended upon to hold the cuff in place as indicatedfat 35, Fig. 1. a 1

The envelope may be made in either of the two different ways previously mentioned. These two ways may be designated as (a) and (Z2) and both maybe described with reference to Fig. 2. In (a) the two outside surfaces of the walls 21 and 24 wouldshow the right side of the envelope material ifthe envelope is folded in the direction of i the arrow 43, the portions 40 and 48 thereof, will form the exposed cuff surfaces; thus each outside envelope surface furnishes an inside cuff surface and an outside cuff sur-' face.

The cuff is attached to the wristband solely by an ordinary cuff link, there being no other fastening. The wristband when properly made, furnishes enough friction throughout its surface, and especially near the point 31 (Figs. 3 and 5) which is located approximately opposite the placket of the sleeve when the latter is brought aroundinto the finished wearing position, to holdthecuff securely in place, as indicated in, Figs. 3 and 6. 1

Ordinarily, the most desirable way of Wearing our cuff is as illustrated in Fig. 6, where one wall of the cuff envelope is shown on the inside of the wristband, while three Wall thicknesses are shown on the outside thereof. However, if desired, the single Wall could be placed on the outside and the three walls placed on the inside according to the choice of the wearer.

While for convenience a specific embodimentof this invention is herein shown and described, it. should be clearly understood that the detailed. parts thereof may, or may not, appear in the preferred forms, and

further, that the preferred forms may vary from time to time as the developement of this invention and the arts with which it ,is identified, progress.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim is 1. The combination with a sleeve portion I having a wristband attached thereto,.of a detachablecuff having three closed edges and one open edge adaptedto receive said wr1stband along the'open edge thereoffthe said cuff being adapted to fold upwardly in an inward or outward direction, and a plurality of button-holed portions suitably disposed in said wristband and in the said cuff,'all of the said button-holed portions being adapted to register Witheach other when thesaid cuff is folded up andbrought around into the wearing position.

2. The combination of a reversible enedges, and a sleeve portion having a wristband projecting into the said envelope along the open edge, the said envelope being arranged for alternately folding upwardly in each of two directions, and after folding, to be brought around into the wearing position and a plurality of buttonholed portions so disposed in said wristband and in each of the two walls of the said envelope that all of the said buttonholed portions shall register with each other when the cuff is brought into the wearing position. i

3. The combination of an envelope adapted to form a cult, said envelope having two walls joined to each other along three edges thereof, and having an open edge for turning inside out, and a sleeve portion having a wrist band arranged for fitting into the said envelope through the open edge and between the walls thereof in either the normal or the inside-out form, and means for fastening the said cufi' to the said sleeve portion.

l. A detachable and reversible cufi' comprising an envelope formed of suitable ma: terial and foldable along a longitudinal 'inedian line, said envelope. being open along hereto.-

WILLIAM M. TISDELL. LUDWIG S. PULS. 

